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They say plan it. I say do it.

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
Economist
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Baltimore
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The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we' they think 'team'.
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Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.
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The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a touch better than the norm.
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I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in the new economy. And I know we'd better figure out the answer to my question-quick.
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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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For me, reading is reading.
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The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.
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One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period
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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.
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We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.
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There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.
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Make an extensive table of project 'deliverables'. Label one column 'as requested'. Create another column labeled 'could be'. Make each 'could be' wild and woolly!
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The world has not just turned upside down. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.
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Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.
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Send 10-TEN!!-people flowers. Today. As Thank yous for good things small-or even large-done in the last two weeks.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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